Chris and Taylor talk about Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp, the new Nokia Icon on Verizon, the impending Comcast Time-Warner merger and a handful of security news. Mobile World Congress is underway, so there is plenty of mobile news to talk about including the Galaxy S5, Gear 2, Gear 2 Neo, Gear Fit smart watches and much more!
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Top News
- Facebook is buying WhatsApp for $16 billion via theVerge
- Messaging Giant WhatsApp, Now With 465M Users, Will Add Voice Services In Q2 Of This Year via TechCrunch
- Samsung’s Galaxy S5 is here with more power, more pixels, and a refined design via theVerge
- Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo hands-on via SlashGear
- Samsung unveils Gear Fit, a curved, fitness-oriented wristband via ArsTechnica
- Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 review: a tablet that proves bigger isn’t always better via Engadget
- Verizon’s Windows Phone flagship, the Nokia Lumia Icon, reviewed via ArsTechnica
- This is Nokia X: Android and Windows Phone collide via theVerge
- XTRAORDINARILY XCELLENT: THE NOKIA X FAMILY via Nokia
- The Comcast-Time Warner Cable Merger via New York Times
- Netflix is paying Comcast for direct connection to network via Ars Technica
- Inside The Netflix/Comcast Deal and What The Media Is Getting Very Wrong via StreamingMedia.com
Afterburner
- Microsoft Office Web Apps given a sensible new name: Office Online via ArsTechnica
- Apple releases iOS 7.0.6 and 6.1.6 to patch an SSL problem via ArsTechnica
- Extremely critical crypto flaw in iOS may also affect fully patched Macs via ArsTechnica
- Facebook cuts its vestigial e-mail addresses via ArsTechnica
- Intel Announces Next-Gen, 64-Bit Merrifield / Moorefield CPUs for Smartphones via LaptopMag
- Sony claims the Xperia Z2 Tablet is the world’s thinnest and lightest waterproof slate via Engadget
- Hands-on with the LG G Pro 2 via Engadget
- HTC will replace your phone’s cracked screen for free via ArsTechnica
- Huawei’s first smartband has a pop-out earpiece for voice calls via Engadget
thEndUsr Stories
- Belkin WeMo Home Automation Products Are Not Safe, Security Researchers Claim via ReadWriteWeb
- Belkin patches vulnerabilities in WeMo devices via ZDNet
- Dear Asus router user: You’ve been pwned, thanks to easily exploited flaw via ArsTechnica
- MOON WORM SPREADING ON LINKSYS HOME AND SMB ROUTERS via ThreatPost
- Is it time to move away from silicon-based solar? via ArsTechnica
Tip of the Week:Netflix or YouTube slow? Tell us your strategies for speeding them up via ArsTechnica
App Pick: Telegram Messenger Provides Secure Chat, Photo, and Video Sharing via Lifehacker
Kicker: Nike designer: ‘Back to the Future’ power laces due in 2015 via cnet